Loose-leaf memorandum-pad-box construction



Jan. 15, 1929. 1,698,950

B. H. HARRIS LOOSE LEAF MEMORANDUM PAD BOX CONSTRUCTION Filed Jan. 19, 1925 W .8 f A IN VEN TOR.

Patented Jan. 15, 1929.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BLAINE H. HARRIS, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR TO BROWN & BIGELOW, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA, A GGRPORATION OF MINNESOTA.

Application filed January 19, 1925. Serial No. 3,448.

My invention relates to loose leaf memorandum pad box construction wherein it is desired to provide a box of such a construction as can be made up and carried in stock ready to be shipped upon short notice to the customer.

A feature of the invention resides in providing a box having side walls and a bottom portion together with a cover which extends over a portion of the top of the box and provided with means for holding the corners and side walls of the end of the box where the cover of the box is secured in a simple and inexpensive manner.

It is also a feature of this invention to provide a'box for loose leaf memorandum sheets which can be held so that they can be picked up and used as memorandum and wherein the construction is such so that the portion that forms a partial cover of the box may be stamped out flat and while in this flat state can be printed upon with an advertisement or other display matter and thus permit the manufacture of the boxes in their entirely together with the cover portion, excepting that the cover is not printed upon until the order is received from the customer.

It is very important in the advertising business to provide an article of the nature as disclosed in this invention so that it can be de livered as soon after the order has been received as possible, and to do this it is necessary to have astock of the boxes all made up, excepting that the cover members are not printed with the advertisement.

It is also very important that an article of this kind must be made very reasonable in price, as in the advertising business these articles are given away by the purchaser with their advertising thereon. To facilitate this I have provided the customer with a box put together in a manner so that the same means which holds the cover intact with the box is sufficient, with the construction of thecover, to form a connecting means for one end of the box.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification Figure 1 is a perspective view of my box as it would appear in finished form.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal section of the same.

Figure 3 is a longitudinal section similar to Figure 2 before the cover has been attached thereto.

Figure 4 cover.

Figure 5 illustrates the cover in finished form, ready to be attached to the box. In the drawings the memorandum box A is formed with a bottom 10 and side walls is the blank formation of the '11 and front end 12 and rear end 13.

picked up and used for memorandum pu poses.

The front wall 12 is formed withears 16 which are folded onto the sides 11 and held by the rivet or'eyelets 17 so as to securely support the corner of the box and to provide a finished appearance.

The rear wall 13 of the box A is bent upward to lie adjacent the ends of the walls 11 and is secured firmly in place by means of the downwardly depending flange 18 formed on the cover 19.

The cover 19 is made of sheet material and is stamped out in the flat state as illustrated in Figure 4. These covers are kept in this shape until they are printed upon with suitable advertising matter as directed by the customer purchasing these memorandum boxes and then the covers are formed up with the flange 18 depending as illustrated in Figures 1, 2 and 5. The cover 19 is provided with side flanges 20 from which project the ears 21 which are secured by the eye- 9 lets 22 so as to hold the cover firmly fixed to the side walls 11. A front downwardly depending flange 23 is formed on the cover 19 which provides a finished construction to the front edge of the cover and also forms a stiffening means which strengthens the cover and prevents the same from being bent out of shape.

The box A, together with the cover 19, is preferably made of a sheet material which has been coated to simulate wood or other suitable material and thus when it is stamped out it provides a very attractive desk memorandum pad. The construction of the cover, which includes the supporting means for the :2 onto the flat formation of the cover 19, which is a very desirable feature.

In accordance with the patent statutes 1 have described the principles of operation of my memorandum box and whlle I have 1llusv trated a particular construction in the drawingsl desire to have it understood that thisis only illustrative and that the invention can be carried out by other means and applied to uses other than those above set forth, within the scope of the following claims:

1. A memorandum pad box including a bottom, side and end Walls, a cover, depending flanges extending from said cover, one of said flanges engaging the end Wall of said box to hold the same against the side walls, and the oppositely disposed depending flange of said cover forming an inwardly depending stiffening edge adapted to extend between the side Walls.

2; A. memorandum box construction, including a cover adapted to be secured to the side Walls of the memorandum box, depending flanges formed on the four sides of the cover, one of said flanges'forming'an engag ing means to support and hold one end of the memorandum box firmly in position and another forming a stiffening edge extending between the sides of said box.

8. A memorandum box including a body portion having-a bottom, side and end walls,

a cover having depending ears which are adapted to be rigidly secured to said side walls and a back flange-on said cover adapted with said ears to form a loclrfor holding the end and side Walls of said box rigidly in place.

4. A cover for a memorandunrbox adapted to hold a seriesof loose memorandum sheets including a member A adapted tobe rigidly secured tosaid box, said member having parallel extending flanges, one of which isadapted to engage the backwall of the box to hold it in place, and the other ofwhich is adapted to providea stiffening rib along one edge of the cover, and a spacing member be tween the sides of the box.

BLAINE H. HARRIS. 

